This article tutorial explains how to convert a Photoshop PSD file to a PDF document. For the conversion to take place, you need Adobe Photoshop installed along with a pdf printer driver such as novaPDF.
On this page:
- How to convert PSD to PDF in Adobe Photoshop
- How to convert PSD to PDF in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
- How to convert PSD to PDF in Gimp
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor and one of the first applications of its type on the market. Photoshop saves its graphic files in a PSD file format. This format is capable of multiple layers and it is limited to 30000 pixels width/height. The format is also supported by most of its competing software applications with or without importing filters necessary.
The PSD file can contain imaging options like masks, colors, text, duo-tone etc. and supports RGB, CMYK, grayscale, monochrome, duotone and multichannel modes for the colors. Even if the file can be opened by other similar market oriented programs it is still proprietary to Adobe so working with the file type on a daily basis especially on projects involving team work and collaboration can be proven quite challenging.
So if you do not want to send a vector-based PSD file to your clients or colleagues for collaboration, the recommendation is to convert it to PDF as that's "friendlier" for sharing. This is where a format known for its portability and archiving properties like PDF can become very handy at times. novaPDF with its unique conversion features can help a great deal in improving the converted documents. It can add watermarks, bookmarks, overlays, encryption, merging multiple PDFs and many more advanced PDF options.
How to convert PSD to PDF in Adobe Photoshop
Open the Photoshop application on your computer and after that take the following steps to complete the PDF conversion:
- Select File->Open or press Ctrl+O to open the file on your computer
- Now click on File->Print or press Ctrl+P to open up the Print window
- Make adjustments to the page layout and click Print then Print again after choosing the novaPDF as the printer
- In the Save PDF File As window select after save actions and click OK to convert the file.
How to convert PSD to PDF in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Do the following to convert the PSD to PDF on your computer from Corel PHOTO-PAINT:
- Open the application and select File->Open to browse for the file you want to convert
- Click on File again then Print and on the Print window select novaPDF from the Printer list
- Click on OK and in the Save PDF File As window click OK again to start the file conversion (you can click on Print Preview to see how the resulting file will look like).
How to convert PSD to PDF in Gimp
Gimp is the only open source program capable of opening the PSD format.
To convert a PSD to PDF by using Gimp, follow these steps:
- Open Gimp and click File then Open to browse for the file you want to convert
- After loading the file press Ctrl+P or select File then Print to open the Printing window
- In the Print windows select novaPDF from the Select Printer list. You can change additional image printing options by visiting the Image Settings tab, and when you are ready click on Print then OK. The PDF will be created afterwards.
